At Least 25 killed, Dozens Wounded In Twin Blasts In Central Baghdad

Two bombs exploded at a busy market in central Baghdad on Saturday, killing at least 25 people and wounding more than 50, police and medics said.

b’Iraqi security forces gather at the bomb attack site in Central Baghdad/ Source: Reuters’

There was no immediate claim of responsibility, but Islamic State regularly attacks civilians in the Iraqi capital.

Police said the blasts went off near car parts shops in Sinak neighborhood during the morning rush. One of them was triggered by a suicide bomber, the other was a planted explosive, an Interior Ministry official said.

Civilians picked through the debris of the explosions including a food cart torn apart by the blast as medics carried off the casualties.

b’Source: Reuters’

Islamic State has lost much of the northern and western territory it seized in 2014 and is now resisting an Iraqi offensive on the northern city of Mosul, the ultra-hardline group’s last major stronghold in the country.

Iraqi forces faced fierce resistance from the militants in southern Mosul on Friday, while troops in the city’s east and north cleared areas they had recaptured a day earlier.

(Feature image source: Reuters)

You might also like
Delhi Air Pollution: Stage IV Curbs to Now Apply at Stage III Under New GRAP Rejig — Full List of Restrictions
Seven Maoists Killed in Andhra Pradesh Encounter a Day After Madvi Hidma’s Elimination
Delhi Air Quality Deteriorates to ‘Severe’; Construction Halted, Schools Shift to Hybrid Mode up to Class 5
Dare. Drop. Win. The Creator Rebellion Rides With Pulsar Underground
Snabbit Bags $30Mn in Third Fundraise This Year, Clocks Over 3 Lakh Jobs in October
₹1.2 Crore Delhi Cloud Seeding Trial Fails to Produce Artificial Rain; AAP Takes ‘Lord Indra’ Dig